The top reported proficiency rate is 37% in English language arts. The lowest is 23% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Anderson Public School
Anderson Public School is a single-school district in Sand Springs, a western suburb of Tulsa that is growing steadily and recently approved a major data-center development by Google. The school serves students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, and because it has no high school grades, it does not report a graduation rate. The entire public-school pathway for high school, including career and dual-credit programs, lies in whatever district a family chooses or is zoned for after eighth grade. This is a detail a parent should clarify directly with the district or their home address assignment.
The school enrollment is small, and the student body is diverse, with white students making up a little over half of the population, a substantial share of students who identify as two or more races, and smaller but notable shares of American Indian or Alaska Native and Hispanic students. Data on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, as well as counts of students with disabilities and English learners, was not available, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about its support programs and the economic profile of the community it serves.
State testing results are limited in the available data. Oklahoma changed its cut scores recently, which makes year-to-year comparison unreliable, and many grade-level results were suppressed, likely due to small class sizes that fall below the state’s reporting thresholds. For the grades where results were reported, math proficiency in sixth and eighth grades was below the midpoint of the county’s range, and English language arts proficiency in seventh and eighth grades was higher than math but still below a majority of students meeting the bar. Science results for fifth and eighth grades were suppressed. Overall, when the school’s reported proficiency rates across tested subjects and grades are averaged together, that composite measure places Anderson in the top quarter among districts in Osage County. This is a mixed picture — the school’s relative standing is favorable compared to neighboring districts, but the absolute proficiency rates in the grades that could be reported are not high, and a large share of results is simply not available to the public.
The housing market in the zip code tied to the school shows home values and rents near the national midpoint, with home values rising at a modest pace and rents holding steady. This is consistent with a suburb that is adding a major employer but has not yet seen fast price escalation.
The school’s district operates a single building and no parent-relevant changes such as property-tax votes, curriculum shifts, or boundary changes were found in public records. This is a stable, small district without the organizational complexity of a larger system. For a family considering this school, the key unknowns are the high school pathway — which is not provided by Anderson — and the level of academic support available in a school where many of the state test results are simply not reported. The school’s peer group comparison suggests it holds its own within the county, but the lack of transparency at the grade level is something a parent may want to explore in a direct conversation with the principal.
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